Thursday, May 21, 2015

Rape is 'monstrosity of the century' says Congo's leading gynaecologist

As sexual attacks on women continue unabated, revered doctor Denis Mukwege talks to Warscapes about his ongoing fight for gender equality in the country

At least 100 women were brutally attacked in the South Kivu province of Congo last week – yet another atrocity amid more than a decade of sexual violence that has earned the region the title “rape capital of the world”.

This type of violence has little to do with sex and much more with power through a sort of terrorism

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